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 Some discussion recently arose on the list about giving VuFind a more robust API for accessing information programmatically. Ideas and suggestions for such a project would be welcomed. Some discussion recently arose on the list about giving VuFind a more robust API for accessing information programmatically. Ideas and suggestions for such a project would be welcomed.
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 +Tod advocated for considering the possibility of an SRU endpoint. Demian suggested that if an existing PHP SRU framework existed, it might be interesting to try hooking to VuFind as a proof of concept. Tod found [[http://www.indexdata.com/phpyaz|PHP/YAZ]], an extension which might be worth investigating.
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 +Some discussion of the conflict between a data-oriented API like SRU and VuFind's more rendered-display-oriented model. Different API designs would serve different use cases, and some are likely incompatible.
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developers_call/minutes20150512.txt · Last modified: 2015/05/12 14:37 by demiankatz